Asia vs China: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- China
How they compare
Asia currently reports 1.69 million ha against 1.28 million ha in China, a difference of 413,900 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.3 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 16 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 583,824 ha | 409,257 ha | 174,568 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 528,181 ha | 298,932 ha | 229,249 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 731,138 ha | 419,104 ha | 312,034 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 1.03 million ha | 679,066 ha | 350,682 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 1.47 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 397,640 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 1.58 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 397,466 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 1.68 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 405,146 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested, Asia or China?
- Asia, at 1.69 million ha against 1.28 million ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested between Asia and China?
- 413,900 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and China rank globally for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 16 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.